Holder for lighting glassware.



5.1. KULAS. HOLDER FOR LIGHTING GLASSWARE. \APPLICATION FlLED MAYl0,19l5.

l, 1 98,93 1 Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

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PHOTO-LITHb by SACKETT 5 WILHELMS CORP r UNITED STATES PATENT- Q F ELROY J. KULAS, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, nssrenon 'ro GENERAL ntnornrc COMPANY,

- A 'conronarron or NEW "201m HoLnim ron LIGHTING eLAsswimn.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELROY J. K'ULAS, a citi- Y zen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, county of Guyahoga, State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Lighting Glassware, of Which the following is,.a specification.-

My invention relates to holders for illuminating glassware, and more particularly tb the means comprised by such holders for engaging the shade, reflector or other glassware.

It has-been the prevalent practlce to sup-- port the glassware or other device by means of a plurality of screws carriedat the lower edge of the "holder and projecting therethrough. Another and preferable practice has been to substitute for some of the adjustable screw lugs projecting from the inside of the holder near the lower edge. My

invention hasxto do with the screw which forms part of the, construction in either of V to the means for supporting the same.-

Heretofore it as been the practice to have the shell of the holder support the screw, the thread of 'the; latter engaging the walls of an aperture in the former. This hasthe' disadvantage "that-it is necessary to use fairly heayy metalfor the-holder in order to give "a proper support for the screw. Moreover,'the,insertion-, the loosening and the tightening er the screw causes wear, and especially in. the case-of enameled'holde'rs; is apt to'c'rack the enamel and expose the un- 'derlying. metalto corrosion. According to my invention, 'theholder is simply perforated for the passage of thescr'ew, and the latter is'sup'ported in a strap which is'supported'sothat it has an. aperture the wallsof which are engaged by the screw, the said aperture being inline with the aperture inthe holder. Thesaid strap may be supportsave. the srew itself.

stood My invention will be more clearly underby referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figurel is an elevation, partly 1n section, of a holder embodying my invention.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 19 1916 Application filed my 10, 1915. Serial No. 26,981.

may be porcelain enameled, lacquered orfinished in any well known manner. Adjacent to .the lower edge of the shell 10 and projecting from-the inside thereof, preferably in a substantially radial direction,

are a pair of lugs 11. These may be secured in any well known manner, as by riveting. Opposite the saidlugs and passing through an aperture 12.near the bottom edge of the shell is a screw 13. The aperture 12 is a little larger in diameter than the screw so as to allow the ready insertion of the latter. A ,U shaped strap 14 embraces the bottom edge of the holder, and the vertical members thereof are both ap'ertured so that when the bottom of the strap engages the bottom edge of the shell the said apertures will alinewith'the aperture-12. The thread of" thefscrew 13 engages the walls of the apertures in the members of strap 14. This construction is used where the glassware is held so at "the edge of the holder. I a 3 In Fig. '3 is '-illu'strated a modification, which may be used incaseit 'is-not feasible to have the strap embrace the bottom edge of the holder; In this modification the strap is located abov'ethe aperture 12, through which the screw 13'v passes. .By this construction the bottom of the strap is brought glassware or otherdevice to be supported." Otherwise this construction is similar to that described above. A

'14: passes through an aperture 15, which .above the bottom edge of-the holder and 9t does not interfere with the insertion of the What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters "Patent of the United States, is:

j 1. A holder'for lighting devices having an aperturev 'therethrougii, a strap having an aperture therethroug aperture in the said holderyand a screw j in alinement with the passing through the aperture in the said holder and the aperture in said strap and engaging only the walls of the latter.

2. A older forlighting" devices having passing through the said slot and having an aperture in line with the aperture in the said I 3. A holder for lighting glassware haV- an aperture therethrough, a slot in the said holder adjacent to the said aperture, a strap holder, and a screw passing through the said aperture but engaging only with the walls of the aperture in the said strap.

' tures therethrough substantially in alinement with the first mentioned aperture, and a screw passing through the aperture in the said holder and the apertures in said strap and engaging only the walls of the latter.

Y "4:. A holder for lighting glassware, comprising a shell having sin-aperture therei through, a strap having a member disposed on each side of said shell, each of said'mexnbers being apertured in alinement with said shell aperture and an adjustable screw passing through all of said apertures but engaging only with the walls of the strap apertures.

Inwitness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of May, 1915.

ELROY J. KULAS. 

